One of the most prominent NFT market players, Bored Ape Yacht Club by Yuga Labs, is about to conquer another web3 Olymp. The NFT-based community with its own governance token ApeCoin launched recently, is expanding its influence by entering the short films arena. The new animated series dubbed The Degen Trilogy is a novice endeavor by BAYC and Coinbase. The…
Chris: Right off the bat I want to ask about the team. Is this really a family project that started over the holidays? Because that sounds pretty cool. Who does what in the project? Crypto Bozos team: Yes this is genuinely a family project that started when a close friend of the project owner’s daughter was diagnosed with acute myeloid…
We are joined by @GnarlyJosh – project lead and co-founder of Zombie Apes. Live in New York. Have a varied career, including business, law, and music. Chris: Zombie Apes are much more than simple artwork NFTs. What is your story behind the inspiration to create these tokens? GnarlyJosh: Love the concept of building community around art, technology, and coordinated efforts…
Industry leading metaverse avatar platform Genies has raised $150 million in a recent funding round, pushing its overall value to over $1 billion. Global technology investment firm Silver Lake led the round, with participation also coming from Bond, NEA, and Tamarack Global. With aid from its employee portfolio that now extends beyond 100, the company says it will use the…
To kick off its recently announced $150 million Ronin Bridge breach reimbursement program, Sky Mavis have decided to adopt a ‘if you can’t beat them, ask them’ approach, as it will be offering up to $1 million to ‘white hats’ (a.k.a cybersecurity vigilantes) who can identify and disclose information on the security vulnerabilities of its network. The Axie Infinity developers took…
Over at the Meta HQ, team Zuckerberg is busy fine tuning its up coming Horizon Worlds metaverse. Most notably, calculating how to milk its customer base for as much dinero as is humanly possible. In a recent announcement, Meta revealed that it would allow its creators to monetize virtual content via the platform. Therefore, providing additional revenue through the trade…
The market just retraced a bit and so did NFT prices. Even LooksRare and OpenSea have been taking a big hit in the last couple of weeks with a reduction of 30-50% of the trading volume. There is still money being traded in the top collections, and capital is leaving from the smaller collections and moving to the bigger collection.…
Axie Infinity product designer Jeff Kam has taken to Twitter to shed light on a new update to the game’s marketplace. Simply described as ‘exciting,’ the new feature will allow users to buy Axies and other assets using any token, followed by a ‘part 2’ in the coming weeks, which will complete the trade circle by allowing users to begin…
As many governments drag their feet when it comes to environmental stability, layer 2 sensation, Polygon, will take a proactive stance in the matter. As a result, it has reserved a mighty war chest of $20 Million to ensure carbon negativity on its platform. Polygon recently unveiled its “Green Manifesto: A Smart Contract with Planet Earth”. A worthy endeavour to…
A little over a year on from its initial sale, Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet has made a reappearance on the NFT market. This time around however, the item has garnered very little enthusiasm from the NFT community. Current owner, Sina Estavi, listed the item on Opensea for an eyewatering 14,969 ETH, $46 Million at current prices. While additionally pledging…
